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Royce Young of the superb OKC blog Daily Thunder grew up with the Griffin brothers, played baseball with them, even rolled a house or two with Blake’s brother, Taylor, back in the day. I asked Royce to share some of his impressions of Blake, the human, and Royce generously agreed: When most think of Blake Griffin[...]

You can listen to Olshey’s full exchange with the media. Click on the link below for the audio: Neil Olshey Press Conference, May 20, 2009[...]

ESPN the Magazine’s Peter Keating has a lenthy piece about the sordid details of Donald Sterling’s life. We’ve discussed the balancing act Clippers fans — and sports fans in general — have to perform as die-hards for their teams, and Keating’s piece will challenge some in the Naçión [...]

A very ebullient Clippers Assistant GM Neil Olshey took questions this morning at the Clippers workout facility. The pointed message Olshey conveyed is that the Clippers regarded the #1 pick and Blake Griffin as synonymous. “We were all hoping the result to be Blake,” Olshey said at one point. I’d lik[...]

I’ve got a piece up at ESPN.com intended for general consumption: “Even if Griffin has a ceiling, the Clippers took their first step back to respectability in nearly a year. Griffin is a charismatic, appealing jokester with a wide-ranging presence. The inside-out threat he and guard Eric Gordon could presen[...]

…Though it’s entirely possible he’s just saying the right things. From Andy Katz of ESPN.com [hat tip: Timur Hammond]: “They’ve got a lot of good players on that team,” Griffin said. “I’m hoping I can come in and learn from the older guys, help them out and move forward.&[...]

It’s not easy being a Clippers fan, but it sure just got a little easier, didn’t it? Despite having only a 17.7% chance of selecting first, the Clippers will do just that on June 25th. You could call what took place tonight extremely lucky, and you’d be completely right in your assessment, but I prefe[...]

By now, you’re probably intimately familiar with the Clippers’ lotto odds (if not, take a peek at the chart below, courtesy of Collegehoops.net). D.J. Foster will be covering the NBA Draft Lottery this afternoon for Clipperblog.[...]